Analysis: Kim Jong Un cuts off his economic lifeline, China, to ward off Covid-19

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Home COVID-19 North Korea Covid: Why Kim Jong Un is cutting off China North Korea Covid: Why Kim Jong Un is cutting off China November 30, 2020, 1:07 am 1 Beijing exported just $253,000 worth of goods to Pyongyang in October — a drop of 99% from September to October, according to data published by China’s customs administration.For context, that’sless in terms of dollar value than China exported to Liechtenstein and Monaco during October. China is North Korea’s biggest trading partner and effectively the Kim regime’s economic lifeline — the country basically doesn’t import significantly from anywhere else. Before major...